Robbery suspect arrested at Lafayette hotel

LAFAYETTE — Everything seemed fine between 26-year-old Mahlon Daniel Justice and 18-year-old Tyler William Belcher while they were hanging out at a hotel room, but when they left the room, Justice attacked Belcher and robbed him, according to police.

The two set out walking to a nearby restaurant to meet Belcher's mother shortly after midnight Thursday, police said. In the parking lot of the Village Square Apartments, Justice attacked Belcher about 12:20 a.m. Thursday, running up from behind him, according to police. He reportedly had something hard in his hands, but police do not know what that was.